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Microbeads - the story so far….

Posted by Elisabeth Whitebread — 21 June 2016 at 5:17pm - Comments

Microbeads on a fingertip illustrating just how tiny they are

Last Wednesday on World Oceans Day we handed our microbeads petition into Number 10. Over 300,000 of you signed the petition - one of the biggest petitions in Greenpeace UK’s history! This is the story of the campaign so far.

Article tagged as: EAC, microbeads, microplastics, oceans

Orange roughy – a ‘sustainable’ fish certification too far.

Posted by Willie — 21 June 2016 at 2:55pm - Comments

orange roughy illustration

Orange roughy are easy to over fish. So, humans do. But that doesn't seem to be stopping moves to re-define them as 'sustainable' by the Marine Stewardship Council.

True, when we started fishing orange roughy we didn’t know that this slow-growing, long-lived, deep water fish was particularly susceptible. But now we definitely do. Orange roughy can live to a staggering 150 years old, and are at least 30 years old before they are mature enough to breed. To put that into context: there are probably orange roughy alive today that were born when Queen Victoria was on the throne, and they take about 10 times longer to mature than Atlantic cod.

Article tagged as: albatross, bottom trawling, bycatch, certfication, coral, DSCC, fish, fish names, fur seals, krill, Marine Stewardship Council, msc, new zealand, oceans, orange roughy, seamount, sharks, sustainabile fishing, sustainable, WWF

Your voice will reach the Arctic

Posted by aksheykalra — 18 June 2016 at 11:57am - Comments

Can the Cosmetics Industry help win a microbead ban?

Posted by FariahSyed — 13 June 2016 at 11:34am - Comments

On World Oceans Day, while we handed in our BanTheBead petition, I took a trip down to Parliament to attend the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) inquiry into the environmental impact of microplastics. The EAC is a group of MPs from all parties who come together to review and attempt to resolve environmental issues such as climate change, flooding and air quality and last Wednesday, they looked at microplastics.

Article tagged as: microbeads, microplastics, oceans

Taking Microbeads straight to No10!

Posted by Fiona Nicholls — 9 June 2016 at 2:27pm - Comments

312,239 signatures on the microbeads petition

Yesterday, on a rainy summer’s day we took the petition urging David Cameron to ban microbeads to Number 10 Downing Street, complete with 312,239 of YOUR signatures!

Article tagged as: 10 downing st, microbeads, microplastics, oceans, petition

The One Thing You Need to Do Today

Posted by India Thorogood — 5 June 2016 at 9:08pm - Comments

Have you registered to vote in the EU referendum? It only takes two minutes (I promise) and all you’ll need is your name, address and date of birth. Click here right now, to make sure you can vote on 23rd June.

In pictures: Every Day Is World Environment Day

Posted by Angela Glienicke — 5 June 2016 at 9:10am - Comments

Every year on the 5^th of June, World Environment Day is celebrated throughout the world, raising awareness and urging people to take positive environmental action to protect nature.

This collection of our archive images gives you just a glimpse of the beauty and wonders of the world around us, and shows us just how important it is to make every day a World Environment Day. They also document some of the environmental problems around the world.

Article tagged as: environment, slideshows

How to vote in the EU Referendum

Posted by India Thorogood — 3 June 2016 at 2:00pm - Comments

On the 23rd June the UK will vote on whether or not to leave the European Union.

Here’s all the information you’ll need to register to vote, get to the polling station and put a cross in one of the boxes!

So first things first….

Can YOU actually vote in the EU referendum?

Yes, if you are registered to vote in the UK, are 18 or over on 23 June 2016 and are:

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